There's (just)) one catch, Douglas

[Douglas Belasco]

Douglas understood her confusion. He couldn't blame her. The story was long and detailed and scary, and he really didn't want to go into it right now. He just wanted to get to the hospital and find out what the hell was going on with his niece and nephew.

"I promise I'll tell you the whole story, just not right now. Okay?" Douglas needed to collect himself and get everything together. He couldn't do that when they were whizzing through traffic at nearly ninety miles an hour. For all he knew, the emergency that took them to the hospital was that Robert had gotten to one of the kids. Or both of them. If Robert found either one of those kids, it was going to be bad. That much Douglas knew for sure. The kids had finally gotten smart enough to figure a way out. Now, Douglas had to get smart enough to find them when their father couldn't.

He just wasn't sure he'd be able to be that smart. "I hope this guy we're looking for can help us. What if he won't tell us anything? How are we supposed to find the kids if this guy won't talk?"

[Dylan Rowan]

Dylan looked at Doug and silently nodded at him before saying, "Okay...I'll drop it." Dylan knew that this wasn't just some stranger she was helping on a case it was her long time friend whom she loved very much. She knew to respect his boundaries right now. "As long you promise me one thing...if in fact that this guy Robert Chasez is in town that you promise not to try anything on your own...let us the authorities take care of it and I promise that he will get what's coming to him okay?" Dylan looked at her friend while glancing back at the road. Her expression had serious and concern written all over it.

Dylan kept her eyes on the road getting off at the exit she needed too and heard Doug speak again. Dylan pressed her lips together while listening to him and then took a deep breath, "They have to tell you something you're biologically family and they can't keep that from family, so if we have problems with the locals let me handle them."

[Douglas Belasco]

Douglas glanced over at her when she said she'd drop it. He was so grateful to her for understanding him and how he worked. He'd tell her everything, eventually, and she knew and understood that. He appreciated that she was willing to give him his space right now until he could process everything.

"Thanks D," he said quietly. When she asked him to promise that he would leave Robert Chasez up to her and the authorities, Douglas pressed his lips together and stared out the window away from Dylan. He wasn't sure he could make that promise to her, and he just wasn't the type of guy to make promises that he couldn't keep.

Douglas took a deep breath and finally looked back over at her. He reached out his hand and wrapped it around the back of her neck, giving the tense muscles there a slight squeeze. "I'll promise you that I won't kill him." He gave her a big, toothy smile, trying to lighten the mood. At least he was trying to make jokes, but the bottom line was, he couldn't promise that he wouldn't hurt Robert if the two came face to face with each other.

Douglas dropped his hand and again turned to look out the window beside him. "I won't promise you to stay out of it if he shows up and tries to hurt those kids, D. I can't do that, and I won't make you promises I can't keep."

[Dylan Rowan]

When Dylan felt his hand on the back of her neck she glanced at him after he spoke promising not to kill him. Dylan allowed a small smirk to appear on her expression and remarked, "You better not Dougie." She gave him that look that said she was joking, but there was a very seriousness in her tone as well. Dylan finally pulled up to the exit making a right...knowing it was only right down the road. Doug continued though and Dylan took a deep breath and pressed her lips together as he spoke.

"Listen Doug I don't want you getting hurt and the best way to get him is to let the law handle it...but I know this is going through one ear and out the other, so I will just have to keep my eye on you." Dylan saw the sign for the hospital and pulled into the hospital parking lot and to the emergency side which would be near the ICU where they needed to go. Dylan parked the car and then got out.

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